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Sisters of Life - September 29 - October 1 2006
The Respect Life Office Melbourne presents the Sisters of Life, a vibrant new order who take a special vow to protect human life. Hear about their work providing shelter & support to vulnerable women in New York City since 1991.

Holy rollers
Written by Paul Gray
Kairos Catholic Journal: Volume 17, Issue 19

A new order of nuns specially dedicated to promoting the anti-abortion cause have visited Australia on a week-long tour. The Sisters of Life, an order founded in 1991 by Cardinal John J. O’Connor in New York, recently flew several representatives to New Zealand, Sydney and Melbourne for a series of public talks and meetings.

The nuns created an immediate impact at Melbourne airport, with passengers at the international baggage carousel enquiring about their “lovely habit,” said the sisters’ Melbourne host, Marcia Riordan of the Respect Life Office. “People hadn’t seen a habit for a long time!” said Ms Riordan, who also commented that “people were fascinated and moved to see young nuns of that age.”

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Cloning

No Human Cloning! For more information the current debate, the Lockhart recommendations and the Patterson Bill see articles below.

• Stem Cell Research,
  Cloning & Human Embryos
  Family Research Council
• Fact Sheets 1-7
• Embryos, Ethics and Politics
  by Dr Joe Santamaria
• Human Cloning Pamphlet
  Life Office, Sydney
• The Many Casualties of Cloning
  Richard M. Doerflinger
• The human embryo;
  someone or something?
  Life Office, Sydney
• A statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops
  on human embryo cloning and destructive embryo experimentation
  Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
• Why the Lockhart Recommendations On Human Cloning
  Should Not Be Implemented
  cloning.org.au
  
  To join the growing campaign against Human Cloning
  DO NO HARM Australian’s for Ethical Stem Cell Research www.cloning.org.au
  Hands Off Our Ovaries www.handsoffourovaries.com
  
  Further information is available
  Australian Bioethics www.australasianbioethics.org
  International DO NO HARM www.stemcellresearch.org